Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Whitney felt a wave of warmth wash over her. “Aren’t you due for a meeting soon?”

“Yeah, sorry I can’t join you to pick him up, but I can arrange for the finest lunch.”

Then he grabbed a folder from his desk, striding past her. As he did, he gave her waist a gentle squeeze. He straightened his tie and headed towards the conference room. “See you at noon.”

With a small smile, Whitney quickly returned to her office to change and grabbed her car keys, determined to drive to Banyan City International Airport herself.

At the entrance of the conference room, Felix suddenly approached Ludwik. “Mr. Lippert, there’s some crucial information you need to know.”

Ludwik stepped aside with him.

Felix whispered, “Mr. Lippert, it seems Orion Lippert is coming back today. Not a peep from anyone, and the Lipperts haven’t stirred.

“Is this news reliable?” Ludwik’s expression turned icy.

Felix hesitated, “Not certain yet.”

“Find out. Keep a close eye on him!”

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Felix understood the gravity when he saw the frost in Ludwik’s eyes. After severing ties with the Bartels and now openly defying his father, Ludwik was in a high–stakes game. Orion’s return was not good news. Mrs. Lippert and her son, Orion, had been coveting the Imperial Gem Corporation.

It was a quarter past twelve. Whitney waited at the airport, holding up a sign. It had been ten years, and her memories of her uncle’s face were hazy.

From the back of the crowd, a thin man in a wheelchair caught her eye.

In that moment, Whitney’s breath caught.

She recognized her uncle’s face! But his left side was obscured by hair, and why was he in a wheelchair?

Her eyes flickered with shock as she called out, “Uncle!”

with him. As they split up, that man’s profile caught Whitney’s eye, a rogue charm to his young face. He threw a glance in her way as he got into

this

her uncle was already being wheeled over by

gaze to her uncle’s wheelchair, she saw the left side of his face marred by horrific scars and her heart lurched. Her throat felt leaden as tears welled up in her eyes, “Uncle, how did this happen to you?”

hand resting over the blanket

from

he?” Keegan grasped her hand tightly. “Let’s not make a scene here. Let’s get

wiped her nose

the car by his assistant, who

uncle, Whitney saw his gaze drop to the slight bulge beneath her

surprised smile. Whitney, we didn’t to talk much expecting?

nodded shyly. “Uncle, 1 haven’t had the chance to

Are you

to start a family, and that’s

knowing this. Who’s the lucky

of L’s full identity. “Uncle, I’m taking you to meet him. He’s the CEO of a real estate firm.

a CEO, Keegan didn’t question further

lifted, and she quickly sent a Facebook message to

with an address: Banyan

window, a towering figure awaited.

nobility, entirely

over to Ludwik, standing beside him. With a smile,

this is my husband,” she added, her voice laced with

over, and in that moment, Whitney felt her uncle’s

see her uncle’s grip tighten on the armrest, his scarred face paling under the cover of his hair.

the man in the wheelchair and the scars on his face, paused momentarily. His eyes fickered before resuming his composure. He extended his hand graciously. “Mr. Tennyson, nice to meet you.”

reach out his

to her uncle, “Uncle, are

recalling her uncle’s recent treatments before

finally spoke, his voice strained as if biting back emotion, “Whitney, push me inside.”

accustomed to the ebb and flow of the business world, unbothered by the slight. He offered,

Whitney saw

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